"Digital Strategies - 2000"

November 16 - 17, 2000
National Archives at College Park, Maryland

For registration information please contact the conference planning committee at the email address, listed below.

Advance registration is required. DAY 1: Thursday, November 16th

Registration: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.
Welcome: John Carlin, Archivist of the United States

Ann Prentice, Dean, College of Library and Information Sciences University of Maryland

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Session 1: The Emerging National Information Infrastructure

This session will describe forces that are promoting change, major directions in research in computer and information science and engineering, and the technologies that appear to be key to the emerging national information infrastructure. The session will seek a balance between giving a broad overview of key technologies and showing their potential in creation, management, and use of records.

Moderator: Kenneth Thibodeau, Director, Electronic Records Archives Program, Office of Human Resources and Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration

Speakers:
Lawrence E. Brandt, Program Manager, Digital Government Program, National Science Foundation

Rich Lysakowski, Executive Director, Collaborative Electronic Notebooks Systems Association (CENSA)

Alan Weintraub, Gartner Group

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Session 2: Building on the Information Infrastructure: NARA Initiatives

This session will describe NARA initiatives to tap into the enabling technologies of the next generation NII to improve management, preservation and access to electronic records.

Moderator: to be announced

Speakers:
Reagan Moore, Associate Director, Enabling Technologies Group, San Diego Supercomputer Center

Kenneth Thibodeau, Director, Electronic Records Archives Program, Office of Human Resources and Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration

William Underwood, Georgia Tech Research Institute

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.: Lunch (catered luncheon provided)

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Session 3: Education

Educators, students, systems designers, and information professionals are working together and using digital tools to create the educational forum of tomorrow. Collaboration is the underlying force in most of today's electronic education initiatives, where emphasis is placed on sharing knowledge, enhancing curricula, and expanding technological methodologies.

Moderator: Christopher Halonen, Visiting Lecturer, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Speakers:
Emily Lind Baker, Editor, National Digital Library Program, Library of Congress

Paula Nassen Poulos, Public Programs, National Archives and Records Administration NARA Digital Classroom

Robert B. Allen, Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore Learning Community (BLC)

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Break

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Session 4: Digital Government: Issues, Strategies, Prospects

Governments have developed effective strategies for the management of electronic records and other digital information, often as part of broader information policy development initiatives. This session will discuss the impact of the move toward "e-government," development and administration of electronic records programs, web-supported applications and services, and other impacts of the rising reliance on digital information.

Moderator: Bruce Dearstyne, Professor, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland

Speakers:
Timothy Slavin, Information Systems Manager, Delaware Department of State

Sharon Dawes, Director, Center for Technology in Government, SUNY Albany

Marian Cherry, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (OSD/C3I)

DAY 2: Friday, November 17th

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Session 5: Digital Data

"Born digital" data was the first type of digital source material; today it is a major category of primary source material, even as the universe of digital materials expands exponentially. The projected importance of XML as an enabling technology in the NII offers immense prospects for tapping the robust, large scale and flexible capabilities of data-based technologies for managing and accessing data stored in a variety of formats. New technologies also create opportunities for records creators, archives, and libraries to collaborate in offering services for digital data.

Moderator: Margaret Adams, Reference Program Manager, Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division, National Archives and Records Administration

Speakers:
Cavan Capps, Project Manager, Dataweb/FERRET, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Eliot Christian, GILS Architect, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior

Cathryn Dippo, Associate Commissioner for Survey Methods Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Session 6: Building on the Information Infrastructure II

This session will describe other initiatives to tap into enabling technologies of the next generation NII such as digital libraries, e-commerce, and records management.

Moderator: Robert Allen, Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Speakers: Daniel Greenstein, Executive Director, Digital Library Federation

Alexa McCray, Director of Research, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine

Edward Fox, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Ross Wilkinson, Project Leader, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, VERS project (Victorian Electronic Records Strategy) (unconfirmed)

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break
(note: lunch will not be provided on the 17th )

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Discussion Forums:

Institutional issues
Facilitator: Margaret Adams, Reference Program Manager, Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division, National Archives and Records Administration

Technical issues
Facilitator: Robert Allen, Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Professional issues
Facilitator: Bruce Dearstyne, Professor, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland

For registration information please contact the conference planning committee at the email address, listed below.

Advance registration is required.